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Serve Rhode Island, others get federal funds

Posted:
Saturday, June 22, 2013 12:05 am

CRANSTON – Serve Rhode Island and eight local nonprofit organizations will receive more than $2.14 million in federal AmeriCorps grants, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said in a news release.

Serve Rhode Island, which administers the state’s AmeriCorps program, will receive $600,000 in federal funding, which in turn will be used to award grants to nonprofit organizations and government agencies responding to local needs across the state.

Rhode Island organizations that won competitive AmeriCorps grants this year include:

• The Providence Plan, $465,500 to support literacy and school-readiness programs for underserved preschoolers.

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